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Former conflict zones are littered with land mines, a type of controversial concealed weapon designed to kill or maim anyone ...

Elizabeth Bowen Visiting Cambodia some years ago, I came upon a band of musicians busking at the side of the road. The dozen ...

Ronin is part of APOPO, a Belgian nonprofit that trains African giant pouched rats to detect unactivated land mines left over from wars in different countries. The organization explains that many ...

Ronin the African giant pouched rat set a new world record for the most landmines detected by a rat. Guinness World Records ...

Ronin and his landmine-sniffing rat pack are making a name for rodents everywhere by saving innocent civilians from hidden ...

A Westmeath woman has expressed her surprise and pride after a landmine-hunting rat that she adopted in Cambodia set a world ...

For nearly three decades, Apopo has been training rats to detect landmines, and Ronin is one of their standout trainees. Like ...

APOPO has a program where it teaches African giant pouched rats to sniff out the chemicals in abandoned mines and other weapons left behind in periods of war, according to Guinness World Records.